Tag Archives: Mass grave

Libya: Grave with 1,270 victims of 1996 massacre found

September 25, 2011 by benim

Libya’s interim authorities said on Sunday they had found a mass grave in the capital containing the bodies of more than 1,270 people killed by Muammar Gaddafi’s security forces in a 1996 massacre at Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison. The uprising … read more »

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ICRC: 13 mass graves found in Libya

September 15, 2011 by benim

Cairo/Beirut – At least 13 mass graves have been found in Libya over the past three weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. The Geneva-based Red Cross said its staff “assisted in the recovery of 125 … read more »

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Ivory Coast: 29 bodies in new mass grave

May 8, 2011 by benim

Abidjan – A new mass grave containing 29 bodies has been found in a restive suburb of Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, said a resident who said the victims were killed in the aftermath of a political stand off that plunged … read more »

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Tanzania police probe mass grave of newborn babies

February 2, 2011 by benim

Police in Tanzania are investigating the discovery of a mass grave in Dar es Salaam containing the bodies of 10 newborn babies. Residents of Tanzania’s main city found them in a shallow pit about 100m from Mwananyamala Hospital on Monday. … read more »

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Nigeria: Mass killings, burial in N-Delta – Villagers

December 5, 2010 by benim

SURVIVORS of the December 1 invasion of Ayakoromor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, code-named Operation Restore Hope, yesterday, gave chilling details of how they escaped death, their … read more »

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